Texas Aggie
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I just finished putting down the Epoxy Master (from Costco.com) in my 2 car garage. Overall I'm happy with the results. A few observations:
1. Tighten the nuts on the threaded spikes if you bought the spiked shoes. I bought the shoes from Drillspot.com (the same kind are sold on the Epoxymaster website and several other places). I didn't think I'd need to check the nuts that hold the threaded spikes in place, but I was wrong. I had 3 or 4 nuts on each shoe work loose from the spikes, and a couple of spikes come completely out of the shoes. Kind of a pain to correct the problem in the middle of spreading epoxy. That being said, I do think the spiked shoes are essential.
2. Pour your beads fairly thin. I poured mine way too thick and ran out of material before I got anywhere near the garage door. This caused a lot of extra squeegee work trying to pull the epoxy across the garage.
3. If your floor is fairly rough (mine was) your coverage will be significantly less than the 480 square feet advertised. I only covered the lower portion of my garage where I park cars (about 280 square feet) and barely had enough to cover. I'm pretty sure if your floor is fairly smooth you'd get close to the advertised square footage, but that wasn't the case for me. I don't think this is any fault of the material, it's just a function of taking more material to fill in the nooks and crannies if you don't have a smooth surface.
4. If you want decent flake coverage, buy some more flakes (see Floorman007's post from last November). I bought a couple of the bags of blue flakes from Home Depot and a couple of cans of blue flakes from Lowes. I think this provided a nice coverage. If you just use the bag that they include with the kit, it will be a VERY light coat.
Anyway, hope this helps others out there getting ready to epoxy their floors.
1. Tighten the nuts on the threaded spikes if you bought the spiked shoes. I bought the shoes from Drillspot.com (the same kind are sold on the Epoxymaster website and several other places). I didn't think I'd need to check the nuts that hold the threaded spikes in place, but I was wrong. I had 3 or 4 nuts on each shoe work loose from the spikes, and a couple of spikes come completely out of the shoes. Kind of a pain to correct the problem in the middle of spreading epoxy. That being said, I do think the spiked shoes are essential.
2. Pour your beads fairly thin. I poured mine way too thick and ran out of material before I got anywhere near the garage door. This caused a lot of extra squeegee work trying to pull the epoxy across the garage.
3. If your floor is fairly rough (mine was) your coverage will be significantly less than the 480 square feet advertised. I only covered the lower portion of my garage where I park cars (about 280 square feet) and barely had enough to cover. I'm pretty sure if your floor is fairly smooth you'd get close to the advertised square footage, but that wasn't the case for me. I don't think this is any fault of the material, it's just a function of taking more material to fill in the nooks and crannies if you don't have a smooth surface.
4. If you want decent flake coverage, buy some more flakes (see Floorman007's post from last November). I bought a couple of the bags of blue flakes from Home Depot and a couple of cans of blue flakes from Lowes. I think this provided a nice coverage. If you just use the bag that they include with the kit, it will be a VERY light coat.
Anyway, hope this helps others out there getting ready to epoxy their floors.